Long-Duration Flight Medical Planning: Medical Care on the Way to the Moon and Mars

Abstract In 1999, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, the sole physician at the South Pole Station felt a mass in her breast. She could not be evacuated because a plane had never landed at the South Pole in midwinter. So, using materials at hand, the team biopsied the mass, stained the cells, and...

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Main Author: Buckey, Jay C
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Published: Oxford University PressNew York, NY 2006
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195137255.003.0012
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780195137255.003.0012 2023-12-31T09:59:29+01:00 Long-Duration Flight Medical Planning: Medical Care on the Way to the Moon and Mars Buckey, Jay C 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195137255.003.0012 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/52323146/isbn-9780195137255-book-part-12.pdf unknown Oxford University PressNew York, NY Space Physiology page 239-266 ISBN 9780195137255 9780197708637 book-chapter 2006 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195137255.003.0012 2023-12-06T08:46:28Z Abstract In 1999, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, the sole physician at the South Pole Station felt a mass in her breast. She could not be evacuated because a plane had never landed at the South Pole in midwinter. So, using materials at hand, the team biopsied the mass, stained the cells, and transmitted pictures to specialists in the United States. The images showed breast cancer. Chemotherapeutic drugs and other supplies were airdropped to the station. When weather improved sufficiently to allow an evacuation, the doctor returned home to definitive medical care. Fortunately, the cancer had been controlled, and she made a full recovery. Book Part Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole Oxford University Press (via Crossref) 239 266
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description Abstract In 1999, in the middle of the Antarctic winter, the sole physician at the South Pole Station felt a mass in her breast. She could not be evacuated because a plane had never landed at the South Pole in midwinter. So, using materials at hand, the team biopsied the mass, stained the cells, and transmitted pictures to specialists in the United States. The images showed breast cancer. Chemotherapeutic drugs and other supplies were airdropped to the station. When weather improved sufficiently to allow an evacuation, the doctor returned home to definitive medical care. Fortunately, the cancer had been controlled, and she made a full recovery.
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